(ALTERED TETRAHEDRITE) Arequipite
Mineral Name Chemical Lustre Flotation Chemistry Formula
Antimony Minerals
Animikite Antimonian Silver Yes Ammiolite (Altered (Sb,Hg,Te,Cu,SiO2) Earthy powder No Tetrahedrite) Arequipite (Pb, Sb SiO2) Waxy No
Arsenstibite SbAs(H 2O) No
Arsenostibite SbAs(H 2O).Fe2O3 No
Atopite (vary of Ca 2Sb 2O7 or No - In HSC Romeite) 2Ca0.Sb 2O5 (+Fe,Mn,) Thermodynamic DataBase Aurostibite AuSb2 Metallic Yes Barcenite Hg SbO4 No
Basiliite Mn, SbO4 No
Berthierite FeSb 2S4 (FeS,Sb 2S3) Metallic ?? No
Bindheimite Pb 2Sb 2O6 (O, OH) Resinous, Dull, No Earthy
Boulangerite Pb 5Sb 4S11 Metallic No
Bournonite PbCuSbS 3 Brilliant to Dull Yes
Breithauptite NiSb Metallic Yes
Catoptrite 14(Mn,Mg,Fe)O.2(Al No ,Fe)2O3.Sb2O5.2SiO 2
Cervantite Sb 2O4 Vitreous -Pearly No - In HSC Thermodynamic DataBase
Chalcostibite CuSbS 2 Metallic Yes
Chanarcillite Arsenical silver ??? Coronguite Pb, Ag, SbO4 No
Corynite or (Ni,Fe,Co)(Sb,As)S Poss Korynite Derbylite Fe6Ti6Sb2O23 No Diaphorite Pb2Ag3Sb3S8 Metallic Poss Durfeldtite Pb(Ag,Cu,Fe)MnSb2 Metallic No
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Dyscrasite Ag 3Sb Metallic Yes
Famatinite Cu 3SbS 4 Dull Metalic Yes
Ferrostibian
Flajolotite FeSbO4.3/4 H2O No Franckeite Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 Metallic Poss
Freieslebenite AgPbSbS 3 Metallic Yes
Fuloppite Pb 3Sb 8S15 Metallic Yes
Gudmundite FeSbS Metallic Yes
Guejarite or Chalcostibite Hematostibnite Fe, Mn, SbO4 sub -metallis No
Jamesonite Pb 4FeSb 6S14 Metallic Yes
Kermesite Sb 2S2O Adamantine No
Kobellite Cu 2Pb 10 (Bi, Sb) 16 S35 Metallic Poss Lewisite Variation of Romeite
Livingstonite HgSb 4S8 Adamantine Yes
Magnetostibian Fe, Mn, SbO4 No Manganostibnite Greasy No
Melanostibian (Mn,Fe)6(SbO3)2O3 No
Meneghinite Pb 13 CuSb 7S24 Bright Metallic Poss
Miargyrite AgSbS 2 Metalic Yes Adamantine
Monimolite (Pb, Ca) 3Sb 2O8(?) Adamantine No Greasy
Nadorite PbSb 3+O 2Cl Resinous to No Adamantine Native Antimony Sb Metallic Yes
Plagionite Pb 5Sb 8S17 Metallic Poss
Plumbostannite Pb2Fe2Sn2Sb2S11 Yes (Frankeite)
Polybasite (Ag, Cu) 16 Sb 2S11 Metallic Yes
Pyrargyrite Ag 3SbS 3 Adamantine Yes Rivotite Cu Ag Sb CO3 No
Romeite (Ca, Fe 2+ ,Mn 2+ , Vitreous, No
Na) 2(Sb, Greasy, Ti) 2O6(O,OH, F) Subadamantine Sarawakite Schafarzikite Fe5Sb4O11 No Schneebergite Variation of Romeite
Semseyite Pb 9Sb 8S21 Metallic, Poss Tarnishes Dull
Senarmontite Sb 2O3 Resinous - No - In HSC Subadamantine Thermodynamic DataBase
Stephanite Ag 5SbS 4 Metallic Yes
Stibarsen SbAs 3 Metallic Yes Stibioferrite Fe2O3.Sb2O5.H2O.Si Resinous No O2 Stibianite Variation of Stibnite
Stibnite Sb 2S3 Metallic Yes - In HSC Thermodynamic DataBase Swedenborgite NaBe4SbO7 No
Taznite Bi, AsO4,SbO4 No Tetrahedrite (Cu, Fe,Ag, Metallic Yes
Zn) 12 Sb 4S13 Tripuhyite Fe2Sb2O7 ? No Ullmanite NiSbS Metallic Yes
Valentinite Sb 2O3 Adamantine No - In HSC Thermodynamic DataBase Weslienite Variation of Romeite
Zinkenite Pb 9Sb 22 S42 Metallic Yes
Arsenic Minerals
Arsenopyrite FeAsS Metallic
Gersdorffite NiAsS Metallic
Enargite Cu 3AsS 4 Metallic, Dull
Realgar As 4S4 or AsS Resinous
Orpiment As 2S3 Resinous, Pearly
Arsennolite As 2O3 Vitreous, Silky
Other Associated Minerals
Chalcopyrite CuFeS 2 Metallic
Pyrite FeS 2 Metallic, Splendent
Pentlandite (FeNi) 9S8 Metallic Covelite CuS Submetallic
Pyrrhotite Fe 1-xS Metallic
Galena PbS Metallic
Sphalerite (Zn, Fe)S Resinous, Adamantine Cinnabar HgS Adamantine
Common Gangue
Quartz SiO 2 Vitreous
Dolomite CaMg(CO 3)2 Vitreous, Pearly
Magnesite MgCO 3 Vitreous
Muscovite KAl 2( Si 3Al)O 10 (OH,F) 2 Vitreous, Pearly, Silky
Chlorite (Mg,Al,FE) 12 (Si,Al) 8O2 (OH) 16
Talc Mg 3Si 4O10 (OH) 2 Vitreous, Pearly, Dull